CHICO, CA. Citing Butte County Avoid the 8 DUI Task Force authorities, Chico Enterprise Record staff reports that drunk drivers will be targeted on Super Bowl Sunday. “Every time they [law enforcement agencies] do these saturation patrols, it seems like some innocent people get arrested,” commented DUI Lawyer Daniel Ledford. He recommends retaining legal counsel …
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CHICO, CA. The eight law enforcement agencies participating in the Avoid the Eight DUI enforcement crackdown in Butte County during the holiday season have arrested at least 80 people for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or both, according to Chico Enterprise Record staff reports. Butte County DUI Attorney, Daniel Ledford, commented, “We …
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CHICO – 37 people were arrested as Halloween weekend in Chico got underway, according to Chico Enterprise Record staff reports. Butte County DUI & Criminal Defense Lawyer, Daniel Ledford, commented, “It is not surprising that the vast majority of the arrests were for public intoxication under California Penal Code section 647(f).” Besides the social stigma …
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Chico, CA – Initial reports show at least 13 people were arrested for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or both, between Wednesday and Friday in Butte County (according to Chico Enterprise Record staff reports). From July 3 through July 7, eight law enforcement agencies in Butte County set up DUI checkpoints and …
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Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case Missouri v. McNeely (U.S. Supreme Court No. 11-1425), holding that the natural metabolization of alcohol in the bloodstream does not present a per se exigency (meaning emergency) that justifies an exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement for nonconsensual blood testing in all …
Chico, CA. Avoid the Eight DUI checkpoints are planned, and Chico Police will be in force in the downtown and south of campus areas through Sunday on the look out for violations primarily related to alcohol use, according to an article by Chico Enterprise Record reporter Almendra Carpizo. According to the article, last year officers …
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Chico, California. The Chico Police Department, Butte County Sheriff, Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC), and other law enforcement agencies are gearing up for unruly crowds that have been known to descend on downtown and south of campus neighborhoods for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, according to Chico Enterprise Record. The glass ban and open container codes will …
According to Chico Enterprise Record Staff Reports, in a crackdown of drunk drivers, law enforcement agencies in Butte County arrested 67 drivers in the last 17 days. The arrests were from Dec. 14 to Dec. 30, throughout the county. In a similar campaign in 2011, 76 DUI arrests were made over the same period, according …
CHICO, CA – Low blood alcohol DUI cases lend themselves to plea deals. You had a couple drinks with dinner. On the way home you are pulled over by the police because you were speeding or failed to completely stop at a stop sign. The officer smells beer, wine or liquor. You admit drinking. You …
Chico Enterprise Record Staff Writer Katy Sweeny documents arrests made over Labor Day Weekend in Butte County in her piece entitled Dozens of Arrests Made Over Labor Day Weekend. DUI and Public Intoxication pursuant to Penal Code section 647(f) are par for the course on the Sacramento River every year during the Labor Day Weekend …
